novelonline Chapter 916 The Last Daily Life 95
Chapter 916 The Last Daily Life 95
Chapter 916 The Last Daily Life 95
The so-called performance is to practice and improve continuously. This is the first time for Kobayashi and others to go on stage. In order to win the satisfaction of the audience and make a lot of money, they keep rehearsing.
Even though Aqua was unwilling, she had no choice but to obey under the threat of Kobayashi's debt.
"Y-Sir Yong!?"
Aqua, who was playing the role of the player, was looking at the brave hero Kobayashi on the stage with a panicked look on her face. She hurried over to help the brave hero who was kneeling on the ground, and asked with concern whether he needed treatment.
——Although her profession as a recreational person did not allow her to have any healing abilities, she still subconsciously asked this question.
"I'm fine, but...!"
The brave Xiaolin shook his head slightly, indicating that he was not injured. However, his expression was very ugly. He said in a low voice, "Damn Demon King, it's too despicable!!!"
This is the last scene of the play.
Although they could just do a sloppy job in the performance, they had to pour all their emotions into the finale, and when the plot reached its climax, they had to arouse the audience's emotions. In order to achieve this, Kobayashi and others kept rehearsing.
"Where's the princess? Is the princess okay?!"
The magician would also come to the side of the brave Krillin, and together with the player Aqua, he helped him up while looking around, looking for the goal of their trip - to save Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Princess Kingdom.
So, the three of them looked at Princess Youyou on the other side, only to see her holding the script that the hero had given her. She then opened her arms and posed, saying, "Ah - ah -, brave man - save me -"
Although Kobayashi knew that she wanted to show more emotions, the extremely low reading of the lines was really unacceptable.
That can no longer be described as catastrophic, it is completely destructive!
If Her Royal Highness the Princess recited her lines in such a perfunctory tone during such a critical moment, the audience would definitely feel out of place!
Kobayashi, Aqua, and Gouhui all had shocked expressions, and an idea came to the minds of the three.
——The princess is finished.
"Wow……"
“It sucks.”
“It’s rotten to the core.”
Kobayashi's sigh, Aqua's disgust and Yougouhui's helplessness, the three of them showed expressions of great headache.
——They have been working together for a while, so they can cooperate well, and the emotional lines will naturally make people feel great. But Youyou is different. It doesn't mean that she will be very good at cooperating with Xiaolin and others. This is already a disaster-level drama performance. No matter how hard she tries, it will not be effective.
In other words, Youyou has no talent at all in drama!
However, what made people feel even more regretful was that the princess in front of them had no awareness of this aspect. Seeing the complicated expressions on everyone's faces, she felt strange and asked, "What's wrong? Are there any lines that you know next?"
"Well..."
She pulled the corners of her mouth awkwardly. She looked at Kobayashi and Aqua who had the same idea. After they nodded to show that they understood, she said, "I know it's my turn, but... there's something that really concerns me. Let's take a break first, okay, Youyou?"
"Eh?" Youyou looked at Yougou in surprise, and subconsciously said, "Of course you can, but haven't we just started rehearsing? If we keep dawdling, we won't have enough time, right?"
"It's great that you understand this, but there are more important things to deal with before that, Youyou, your—"
"No, you can't force yourself. Giving your throat a rest is part of an actor's job!"
Kobayashi was quite good at forcefully interrupting someone who was trying to tell the truth. After all, if he just said it bluntly without any preparation, it would probably hurt Youyou's feelings, so he simply ended the topic and planned to discuss it in the long run.
"Ten minutes... In ten minutes, let's start again from the battle with the Demon King, okay?"
"I-I know."
Seeing that Xiaolin and the others were determined to rest, Youyou didn't force them to do so. When she nodded in agreement, she said, "Actually, my throat also feels dry after talking loudly... I need to drink more water to protect my throat."
Then, Youyou left.
Xiaolin waved at her with a smile, telling her to have a good rest and not to rush back. When Youyou left for a long distance, Aqua couldn't help herself and walked over, pushing Xiaolin's shoulder with an anxious look on her face.
"Xiao Lin Xiao Lin, come here for a moment. About You You——"
"Stop talking, I know..."
Xiao Lin's expression gradually became restrained. He held his forehead and sighed, "What you want to talk about is Youyou's acting skills, right? I know, I know, that acting is really stiff..."
That's no longer the level of an amateur, it's purely the level of a robot, and Kobayashi can't say anything.
Because Youyou was not careless, nor was she unwilling to cooperate because of some grudge. On the contrary, the girl who played the role of Her Royal Highness the Princess performed very hard throughout the whole process and matched their pace in order to be able to perform on stage with Kobayashi and others.
However, this is what makes her look like a complete amateur.
Aqua said helplessly: "Even though she is drinking tea with an expression like 'I have completed the mission', it would be better for her if we just replace her directly, right?"
This is a very good suggestion. After all, some people are born unable to do something. For example, Youyou, who has a natural talent in the magician profession, is performing a drama. The stronger her talent in the magician profession is, the more disastrous her ability in performing a drama is.
But the problem is, even though Youyou has worked so hard, she still has to be replaced. Isn't that pitiful? And -
Xiao Lin also looked helpless, and said in a self-destructive way: "That's what we say, but we don't have time to find other people to replace us, right? There are less than three days left before the performance..."
If Youyou is replaced, there will be many problems, such as the selection of Her Royal Highness the Princess, her clothing and accessories, time, remuneration, etc. On the contrary, the cooperation of Her Royal Highness the Princess' performance is the easiest thing to deal with.
"Then what do you say we should do?!"
Aqua pouted in displeasure, she knew very well that if Youyou went on stage like this, the audience would definitely not buy it, and might even clamor for a refund - she didn't want to do that, she owed the guild a debt, otherwise she wouldn't have come to perform the play, right?
I have made so much effort, it would be a shame if it all went to waste!
A typical case of losing both time and money!
Finally, someone came up with a solution.
"…Give me some time. I'll try to modify the script and reduce Youyou's lines."
In fact, Xiaolin had the same idea, but the screenwriter this time was very smart. He said that he would not intervene. Otherwise, there are many ways to change Youyou.
For example, simply delete all her lines, and during the battle say that the Demon King sealed the princess' voice in order to intimidate the hero and does not allow her to speak; or let someone continue to read the script, and make an excuse that the Demon King sealed the princess' emotions, and they will be restored after the Demon King is defeated... These methods are actually quite useful.
Kobayashi conveyed these to Yougouhui for the time being, and she herself said that she would refer to it to a certain extent - of course, it would not be of much use. After all, there was a scene before Her Royal Highness the Princess was abducted by the Demon King. It was impossible that the Demon King had sealed her voice and emotions at that time. They had just met.
So, the next day.
"——That's what happened." Kobayashi said to Aqua and Yunyun, "Her Highness is a very important character after all. In order to reduce Yunyun's burden as much as possible, I have slightly modified the script."
He said it very tactfully and politely, even using the words of consideration for Youyou, hoping that Youyou wouldn't notice and hurt her feelings. In fact, Youyou really didn't notice that Youyou would modify the script and reduce the amount of lines to reduce her burden, but she was not very satisfied and grumbled.
"What, what's the burden? I'm fine. You don't have to make any special changes..."
No, no, no, how could it not be modified? With Youyou's messy drama performance, it is impossible not to scare the audience.
Of course, Xiao Lin would not say that. At the same time, he indicated that those who were attacking Youyou would be able to take action. The screenwriter nodded slightly to show his understanding, then looked at Youyou and said, "Sharing the burden together can halve the burden, and sharing together can double the happiness. Isn't this what friends do?"
"Friends...?! That's true. Thank you all!"
Youyou changed her previous dissatisfaction and accepted it with pleasure.
Great answer, really good!
This way, we can reduce the number of lines without hurting Youyou's feelings.
However, the word "friend" is indeed the magic weapon for Youyou, and it works almost every time. What makes Xiaolin confused is that what responsibility and sharing just now have anything to do with friends?
...Forget it, it doesn’t matter. It would be great as long as Youyou’s lines can be reduced.
"Here, this is Youyou's new script." Aqua handed Youyou a new script and said with a smile, "The lines are at the end, after being rescued by the hero."
"Thank you, thank you - Brave Master - I love you...!"
Youyou still said this in a very good way.
Xiaolin could clearly see that Youyou was trying to incorporate her emotions and was working extremely hard, but she really had no talent in this area, so she could only perform in a particularly dry manner.
"Uh-huh……"
Xiaolin subconsciously agreed with her.
You Gouhui put his hands on Youyou's shoulders, his red eyes flashing with seriousness, and said in a very serious tone: "Youyou, you only have this one line, and this line is very important, do your best to interpret it!"
That’s right, the company listened to Kobayashi’s suggestions and made corrections.
However, in order to avoid making the audience feel abrupt, or adding unnecessary links to the battle and making it seem out of touch with the plot, they were smart enough to delete all the subdivisions of Her Royal Highness the Princess.
——In the battle, there was no cheering from Her Royal Highness the Princess. Although we lost the old-fashioned scene of the princess cheering for the injured hero, causing the opponent to explode with huge energy to kill the demon king, compared to the possibility of ruining the entire drama performance, such a simple old-fashioned segment was still acceptable. At least Kobayashi and others felt that this was the best arrangement.
Youyou didn't have so many evil thoughts. After hearing that it was very important to say this line, she nodded seriously and patted her chest to assure, "I, I know! Leave it to me!! In order to welcome the most exciting ending, I will definitely perform my best...!!!"
"No, no... You don't have to work so hard, just perform casually..."
"What did you say?"
"No, it's nothing."
He also turned his head slightly. I don’t know if he made up such a lie because he couldn’t bear to deceive Youyou, or if he turned his head away because he didn’t want to be discovered by Youyou. In short, their tactics were successful.
After that, Youyou, who only had one line to speak, repeated loudly and diligently: "Thank you - Brave Master - I love you -!!!"
Well, as bad as always.
Even though she was very skilled, she almost couldn't hold it in. No, considering that she was the screenwriter of the play, she would definitely not be able to accept the princess in her play being portrayed like this.
"No, that's right, that's right, that's right..." You were so good at pulling the corners of your mouth and shaking your eyes, trying to hold back the urge to say something, and then instructed: "But you can wait until the Demon King leaves and then turn into a princess and appear on stage."
Xiaolin also said: "When the demon king appears, you just enter this armor and move slowly and clumsily with a weird feeling."
That’s right, their staffing arrangement requires someone to play both roles.
The three brave men are characters who must be present from beginning to end. They do not have the ability to split themselves, so they have to find someone else to play the role of the Demon King. This role is naturally given to Youyou, who does not need to appear for a long time.
Fortunately, the armor of the headless knight they prepared was very tall, so even if he walked in leisurely, his true appearance would not be revealed, so there was no need to worry about being discovered.
As for the dubbing of the Demon King, I'll leave it to Kobayashi.
At that time, he would just pretend to be the Demon King with a rough voice and say a few lines at random. It should be noted that when transforming into a hero, one must not be harassed and forget. As for how to change his voice, it was left to Aqua who had talent skills.
In other words, Kobayashi and others have arranged everything.
"Okay, I understand..." Youyou didn't complain after hearing the arrangement. She was already satisfied with being a princess, and she was even happier to be the Demon King. Looking at the tall Dullahan armor made of milk cartons, she said, "I'll go in and take a look."
(End of this chapter)